Comment on Data privacy: how to counter the "I have nothing to hide" argument?

• rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What do you want from me? Those algorithms are proprietary. A few select people in the world know what exactly they’re doing and which data gets stored how in the databases. We can make assumptions by their behaviour. From time to time something gets leaked and we learn some details. We used to learn how the google pagerank algorithm works in university. Now google suggests me what to read and i just swallow that. And you keep making apologies and deny you can be / are being manipulated…?!

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  • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think it’s a pretty huge logical stretch to assume I am manipulated because I know algorithms don’t have a profile on me you can just look up. That’s not how data science works at all.

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    • rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      to assume I am manipulated

      what exactly do you think targeted advertising is? and by looking at the revenue of big tech, do you think it succeeds at that?

      I know algorithms don’t have a profile on me

      we already established they do.

      algorithm designers aren’t specifically supervillains

      Watch something like “the social dilemma”. why do YOU think silicon valley hires psychologists for app design? Do you think it’s ethical to try and get people addicted to your product?

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      • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m sure it succeeds at times. There’s a lot of dumb people. However, I don’t see how that’s an algorithm’s fault and not the dumb person’s fault.

        “The social dilemma” is absurd conspiracy shit lmao. C’mon man don’t tell me you believed that shit. Wait til you discover “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Moon”

        I’m not gonna debunk the whole show (I’ll link one instead) but they hire psychologists because they’re pursuing engagement. I have no issue with that. Psychologists work a lot of jobs you wouldn’t expect. Psychology (and Philosophy) are actually strong undergrads for people who want Finance careers too.

        Debunk: …medium.com/why-the-social-dilemma-is-wrong-17d8b…

        And another if you can’t get past the above paywall: cbc.ca/…/netflix-social-dilemma-tech-1.5740351

        Talk about being manipulated, my dude.

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